The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-08-11
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by city chap Who tried working on :
farm for bis health.
No" said the pale young man, sadly,
II am not Working on farm for my health
nov.
lis thai sof"
Yes have came away. and the farm
which knew me would prehsps know me
yet II il could gets sight Of me. but Il
cant
II went out. you know, by The sdvice
OF . physician. Said be: You need out
door exercise. and above all, sleep, such
one. quiet nights sleep 1 Jon can only
find 10 the country away iIom the noise
and the beat Of the city. with the great
open windows and the cool and yelvety
breeze floating through your room al
night long. with perhaps an occssiona'
night with the psttering rain upon the
roof to lull you TO sleep. That's what the
doctor said.
80 | hired out 10 g farmer to work all
summer. He said ! was so white and pale
that be couldnt give me anything but my
board for my services. but il | wanted to
work for that might jump in behind the
seat and ride out.
80 did. He had one mule and one
horse, and the mule baked every time be
went up hill. and the horse every lime he
vent down hill, and they both tried TO run
on the level He drove them with trace
chain tied on a white ash -helye.
But we got there at last. ! don't
want to tell you anything about the work
to-day-I haven't time = but | feel ~ If l
must say something about those long
nights sleep.
The first night We got home late, but
still the sun was only nicely down.
The sun sets about two hours later out
there than anywhere else 10 the known
world.
"After supper the farmer spent one
hour and = half telling me about the fax
crop on the back forty and then he reck
oned We better milk. There we're twelve
COWS aud he said each would take six.
he gave me the kickers and it took me
two hours, aud it had been dark . long
time when finished. Then he had me
pump up water for the next day, and it
took forty minutes. Then l filled The
wood box and split the kindling wood.
And Is it WAS big box it took thirty
minutes. Then he told me about the
wheat crop, which took an hour. And
when went to bed il WAS growing light
10 the east.
"The window in the room WAS pane
of glass nailed over an irregular hoe
in the boards and could not be opened.
| felt around in the dim light and finally
got into bed l had just fallen asleep
and began to dream / was lying along the
ridge pole Of double bumped camel
when the farmer pounded on the stairs
with an old broomstick and said that the
breakfast is ready. couldn't see rs il
was any lighter than when | went to bed
though. the sky IN the east was little
redder.
II will pass over the day, as it Is too
painful TO recall. Or rather the day and
the last end OF one night and fret end Of
another. for We we're ia the hay field sixteen
hours
"And that evening after supper he said
| might throw the dirt out OF new cellar
while rested
Then MIXED. and be gave me eight
COWS Instead OF six all kickers. Aud one
OF them hooker, too, and slammed me
through corncrib.
II got to bed an hour sooner than the
night before. because he said be was
thinking some Of getting up early the next
morning.
"And that night it rsined, and heard
the pleasant patter Of the rain ON the roof
that old fraud Of doctor spoke about
But it didn't lulI me to sleep, because it
leaked down on me and got the bedclothes
eli wet aud caught cold.
"And when the farmer pounded on the
stairs l got up and looked at my watch
and had been sbed an hour and forty
minutes. And my clothes we're wet and
there was water in my shoes.
"But it was good day aud We worked
at the hay again. We moved down what
the farmer called q sis her Of it.
"And that nigh after bad rested awhile
on the cellar aud MIXED the twelve cows =
twelve kickers- aud one of them thought
| WAS trying to steal her calf and chased
me out OF the yard farmer said it
looked like rain again aud he reckoned
we'd better 90 out aud cock up the hay
before bedtime
"And before we got TO the field ! saw
The morning star. aud when had got up
Twelve punches Of hay aud the old hypo-
,rite OF farmer four heard lark. Then
then had up twenty four punches and
he farmer SIX it began to grow quite light.
When the farmer saw it he laid on the
bay and laughed for ten minutes. He
,aid he worked right through the night
without knowing it.
But / bad known more about it than
ne thought | had.
"Ws worked ~ hour longer aud then
we went 10 tho house and ! MIXED.
BreAh fest wasn't quite ready, and threw
! couple Of cubic yards OF sand Gus OF the
bottom OF the cellar.
And while We we're eating the farmer
old me TO hurry because be would like TO
Jet one full days work during hsying.
aid would, too. and that would stop
md 20 out snd harness the horses And
Re said that was business. and ! went out
nd ran down the road and walked into
own.